The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released a template for companies to use in obtaining emergency use authorization for rapid COVID-19 testing that can be performed in homes, offices, schools, and other non-medical…

With the COVID-19 pandemic showing no signs of abating in the United States and while pharmaceutical companies hustle to develop a safe and effective vaccine, considering how such a vaccine will be distributed is prudent. The US Centers for…

A relative of the novel coronavirus, RaTG13, has been present in bats for the past 40 to 70 years, according to new research published in Nature Biology. The Scottish study suggests that SARS-CoV-2 has likely been poised to crossover to…

Anthony Fauci, MD, head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, recently suggested that wearing eye goggles or eye shields by everyday citizens could reduce community spread of COVID-19. He noted that the eye has…

After data demonstrated Johnson and Johnson’s (J&J) one-dose vaccine offered significant protection against COVID-19 in monkeys, the pharmaceutical giant started human trials on July 30. The initial trial includes 1,000 adults in both…

New legislation, the Continuing Small Business Recovery and Paycheck Protection Program Act, has been introduced in the Senate. Under the umbrella of the Health, Economic Assistance, Liability Protection, and Schools (HEALS) Act, this would…

An experimental investigation conducted at Kansas State University’s Biosecurity Research Institute found that SARS-CoV-2 is unable to replicate in three common types of mosquitoes, making it impossible for them to transmit the virus to…

Moderna and Pfizer have both begun large-scale clinical trials with 30,000 participants on their respective vaccines, with the hopes of obtaining regulatory approval and widespread distribution by the end of 2020. The Moderna and Pfizer…

With the need for simple, point-of-care testing that provides rapid results continuing to grow across the United States, scientists from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) recently introduced the Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics…

As SARS-CoV-2 is known to spread via aerosols during medical procedures and possibly in other instances, it is hoped that germicidal ultraviolet (UV) light may inactivate virus-carrying microbes, helping to disinfect the air in indoor…